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ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won't Go Away By IPS Correspondents ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country's electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone's happy. MORE >>
UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested. MORE >>
KENYA: Insuring Pastoralists Against Increasing Risks By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - The droughts in the Turkana region were less severe when she was growing up, says Laura Letapalel, and pastoralists could still find some grass and water for their animals. Now, she laments, the droughts are longer and there is nothing to eat. MORE >>
KENYA: Victory for Anti-Abortion Lobby By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - The threat by influential Christian leaders to mobilise a vote against Kenya's draft constitution if it does not explicitly prevent any expansion of abortion rights appears to have succeeded. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Fugitives in Their Own Country By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Every morning Pepe Julian Onziema wakes up not knowing if she will live to see another rising sun. Onziema is transgender and she lives in fear for her life because of a national campaign against gay people. MORE >>
KENYA: Documenting Sexual Violence By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - The testimonies of women who survived sexual violence during post-election conflict in 2008 should be heard, say advocates. The magnitude of the crimes committed against women because of their gender must be recorded and prosecuted to prevent such violence from occurring again. MORE >>
POLITICS-UGANDA: Sharing the National Cake By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Their caricatures show great wealth and status, being driven in flashy four-wheel drives surrounded by bodyguards, and receiving benefits including mansions, cars, medical care and travel and sitting allowances. They are treated as Very Important Persons. MORE >>
KENYA: Plastic Bags: Convenience Costing the Earth By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - When Nairobi was founded in 1899, it took its name from what the Maasai called the place: Ewassi Nyirobi, "cool waters." A century later, the river has something stuck in its throat: millions of plastic bags threaten to choke it. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: Changing of the Guard By Skye Wheeler TORIT, South Sudan - An old rite is long overdue in Paul Yugusak Tombe’s home village, in Central Equatoria State, south Sudan. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Scarcely Room for Women in Male-dominated Politics By Zarina Geloo LUSAKA - Charity Mwansa, a former minister and member of parliament, knows just exactly what being one of the very few female politicians in Zambia means. When she left politics it had nothing to with not being able to do the work and instead had everything to do with the mad world of male-dominated politics. MORE >>
KENYA: Deportation Protest Leads to Widespread Arrests By Susan Anyangu-Amu NAIROBI - Organisers of a protest march against the expulsion of Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah El Faisal say Kenyan police have arrested up to 400 people and are interrogating them to prove their nationality and try to uncover links to terrorism. MORE >>
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